September 14, 2018

05.09.2018 – Sperm whale festival

What is the fascination about whale and dolphin watching? Why do we go out every day looking out for marine mammals? What do our guests expect […]
September 13, 2018

04.09.2018 – Search and find

Out on the ocean every day is different. It is good to know which species have been around the last few days but even this knowledge […]
September 11, 2018

02.09.2018 – “Bom domingo”

You know it’s a good Sunday if you kick off your morning with a whale sighting! Our Stenella sped out of the marina today in pursuit […]
September 10, 2018

01.09.2018 – Dolphin’s ocean kiss

Mariana, a little Portuguese girl on our morning tour said a very poetic sentence! The dolphins rode in the bow wave of the boat and she […]
September 9, 2018

31.08.2018 – Dolphin co-occurrences

Today we found an interesting situation out on the ocean: there were Short-beaked common dolphins (Delphinus delphis) closely accompanied by Short-finned pilot whales (Globicephala macrorhynchus). Occasionally, […]
September 8, 2018

30.08.2018 – Late summer classics

Summer is a great time for whale-watching in Madeira for several reasons. The first obvious one is that weather conditions are more favorable, making it much […]
September 1, 2018

23.08.2018 – Magic hour

Whale-watching trips in the evening during the summer months belong to my favorite tours. Apart from the fact that they are a relaxing contrast to the […]
August 31, 2018

22.08.2018 – Kids of the Ocean

Today during the afternoon excursions with our zodiac “Stenella” we encountered pods of Bottlenose dolphins (Tursiops truncatus) and Short-finned pilot whales (Globicephala macrorhynchus) in close proximity […]
August 30, 2018

21.08.2018 – The Pygmy chronicles

Our snorkelling tour this morning was unsuccessful regarding the targeted underwater encounters with Atlantic spotted dolphins (Stenella frontalis) BUT was surprisingly eventful despite this unfortunate circumstance. […]